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Pride & Prejudice – page 493

Pride and Prejudice

Away ran the girls, too eager to get in to have time

for speech. They ran through the vestibule into the

breakfast-room; from thence to the library; their father

was in neither; and they were on the point of seeking

him upstairs with their mother, when they were met by

the butler, who said:

“If you are looking for my master, ma’am, he is

walking towards the little copse.”

Upon this information, they instantly passed

through the hall once more, and ran across the lawn

after their father, who was deliberately pursuing his

way towards a small wood on one side of the paddock.

Jane, who was not so light nor so much in the habit

of running as Elizabeth, soon lagged behind, while

her sister, panting for breath, came up with him, and

eagerly cried out:

“Oh, papa, what newswhat news? Have you heard

from my uncle?”

“Yes, I have had a letter from him by express.”

“Well, and what news does it bringgood or bad?”

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